Government Reveals Plans to Eradicate Deer Population on Iconic Tourist Island

The California Fish and Wildlife Department approved a plan to "conduct lethal deer removal" throughout Santa Catalina Island -- a small, tourist-heavy landmass off the coast of Los Angeles. The controversial move to eradicate the entire mule deer population is part of a wider push by Catalina Island Conservancy to restore Catalina's natural ecosystem.

Mule deer are an invasive species that were first transported to the island in 1930. Ten deer were brought over by ferry from mainland California...